This unspecified location had NO grass, or at least everywhere I landed in the fairway it didn't have any and was clearly in the worst shape of any golf course I've played on in years.
That experience push started a lively debate with the group about what the problem was.
Over fertilize? Maybe it was kids? Petroleum substance? What did it?
Out of that debate came some outlandish explanations that I won't offer up today but will offer up some other points of view:
As posted by LawnAmerica -
Dormant - (I always thought bermuda was dead in the winter anyway but .....)
Oklahoma, several node and internode segments of the aerial shoot system of bermudagrsss are killed by freezing temperatures. Sunlight then bleaches the dead tissue to a straw colored appearance. Following these events and while temperatures remain too low for sustained regrowth, people refer to the bermudagrass as “being dormant.”Winterkill -
“Winter-kill” simply means that part or all of the turfgrass plant died during the winter season. Winter-kill can occur from either acute or extended exposure to low temperatures. It can also be due to complications from the interaction of low temperatures and any number of stressing factors such as insuffient or excessive soil moisture, shade, excessive traffic, soil compaction, low mowing height, insufficient or excessive nutrients, or any number of other predisposing stressful physical, chemical, or biological factors.But enough of the technical aspects, what effect has the winter had on Oklahoma Golf Courses?
Ken MacLeod from South Central Golf brings us up to date with Courses move to mitigate winter kill.
But even though the Superintendents have identified the problem do they have the money to fix it as Ken points out with Cold, precipitation factor into lost rounds at area golf courses .
Hope to see you at the Bixby Classic - WhiteHawk.
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